K-Rail | 50 lakh handbooks to be delivered to households; State Government invites e-tender for printing

Thiruvananthapuram: As the protests continue, the state government is all set to launch a campaign to spread the details of K-Rail. The government has invited e-tenders to prepare a handbook to provide information on the project to all households. About 50 lakh copies of the handbook are being printed.

No money has been allocated for printing the book. Only following inviting tenders will it be clear how much it will cost. The handbook will be delivered to households through the CPM organization. The money will be spent from the account set aside for the campaign.

Due to the severe financial crisis, the government withdrew from till December 31 last year. This changed in the New Year.

Earlier, the Chief Minister himself had come down to explain the plan. A meeting of civic dignitaries was called. Public meetings were called in the districts to explain the plan. The CM also said that he would not abandon the project due to opposition. Opposition groups called for a boycott of the assembly. KPCC president K Sudhakaran’s response was that all the landmarks would be torn down

The government’s latest move comes as protests once morest K Rail intensify. The K-Rail campaign was also organized at the CPM organizational level. Along with this is the government’s move to prepare a handbook to make the details of the project reach all households.

Syro-Malabar Synod urges people not to go ahead with survey and land acquisition without trusting the people

Syro Malabar Church Synod urges people not to go ahead with the survey and land acquisition process of the Silver Line project without trusting the people. Concerns in the community should be taken seriously. The Synod also demanded that a detailed plan document be published.

The Synod states that the House’s views on this matter are fully upheld by the House in view of the State Government’s development plans. The economic, social and environmental dimensions of the project should be subjected to expert study. The plight of ordinary people who are losing their land, shelter and livelihood for the project should be taken into consideration most sympathetically. The Synod also opined that the government should not proceed with the survey-land acquisition process unless it has the confidence of the people in the project area.

An approach should be taken that gives priority to the upliftment of the common man and the poor in the formulation of development plans, resource allocation and prioritization. A balance must be struck between development and environmental protection. There must be people-friendly decisions, both in terms of development and environmental protection.

On the one hand, when stringent conditions are imposed on the common man, including construction restrictions on migrant areas and the designation of eco-sensitive areas, on the other hand, mega projects like K Rail, which are supposed to change even the landscape of Kerala, are becoming the policy of governments. The Synod also called on governments to go ahead with development and environmental protection projects only following listening to the people and considering their views.

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